HD and Lowes sell devices that make a noise that drives away rodents. I have one in my garage.

 

I've often thought about this. I've used it before and also not used it. I know some cars ecu is more finicky than others when it comes to stale fuel. My take is it might've had greater effect with the older gases and cars that were carbureted or cars in extremely long storage. Dunno so much on modern cars. I've stored various cars over the years up to a year and never noticed any adverse affects. I've even drained the fuel to see if it's changed any visually. Nada. YMMV depending on the car.

 

I keep my cars outside for the winter, no rodent issues at all.

 

Everybody seeks the magic elixir.

Seems like every year there's some new chemical, or sound device, or a certain wall paper pattern that is supposed to repel mice.

You do not know if the mint oil keeps mice away or brings them in. Even if it does work to keep the mice away unless you fill the car with the stuff the car won't be protected.

You have to use traps.

This is the only way to be sure.

By trapping you do not drive the mice away or drive them to enter the car from the side furtherest away from the mint oil but instead you destroy the creature which removes the immediate threat but it also removes future threats because the animal can't produce more offspring.

Even if the initial pair is discouraged they'll reproduce and their offspring will be under more pressure to find a suitable nesting site. If the mint oil loses is potency then the car will get mice.

 

I hear what you guys are saying about fuel stabilizers... but what about the ethanol added fuels that we have out here in the Midwest?

I had a car in storage for awhile and when I went to start her up the fuel pump was dead. After draining out 16 gallons of bad fuel and replacing a rusted out fuel pump she fired right up. The bad fuel was sitting in some buckets while I was working on the tank and I actually saw that it was separating into three distinct layers!
I had a oily water top maybe (5%), a weird looking middle (80%) and some strange thick fuel sludge at the bottom of all three buckets (15%)! I was told that’s what happens to gas when the ethanol blend goes bad during storage!

What do we do about that?

 

Add Sta-Bil at 1 ounce per 2.5 gallons. Fill tank with fresh fuel. Very full. Run in for 10 minutes. Top off by hand. Store car. In April take road trip and refill with fresh fuel. Been doing this for many years with multiple Porsches. No issues.

 

I have a car in storage. In addition to making it very hard for rodents to get in to the unit (steel wool in all cracks and gaps), I put down unscented glue traps to catch any mice. Mice have a strong sense of smell, scented traps and bait can actually attract rodents to your storage area which is exactly the opposite of what you want. They're always looking for something to eat...

They only mouse I ever found was in a baited trap. Since I went to the unscented glue traps - I place them along the walls and near the tires of the car - I have found zero evidence of rodents in the last two years.

 

My takeaway is with you using unscented glue traps is they don't work.

 

 

I knew the previous owner of my 996 who kept it each winter in something like this (indoors, of course)





I'm putting snows on it and we're going skiing.

 

I hear you on this...I have no doubt it would be a hoot to drive however, the amount of salt and sand they coat the roads with every winter, would find it's way into every nook and cranny of every body seam and my P-car would be changed irrevocably and....I have a couple AWD cars that are better suited to the nastiness that is our Canadian winter!

 

Those are sweet!

 

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They use salt here as well. I enjoy the 2 hour drive to the White Mtns. where I ski in the winter and usually find more snow there than in southern Maine. I'll be taking off the summer tires soon and put on the Blizzaks once it gets a little colder.